RECORDS AND MISCELLANEOUS FACTS
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Largest and smallest votes
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Largest vote (Senate)
* The largest vote ever polled by a Senate candidate was 1,676,453,
polled by Senator Hon Graham Richardson, the number one candidate
on the ALP Senate ticket in NSW in 1993. This is the largest vote
ever polled by any candidate at any Australian election.
Smallest vote (Senate)
The smallest vote ever polled by a Senate candidate was 4, polled
first by Theo Hetterscheid, an independent NSW Senate candidate in
1996, and secondly by Ramon Kennedy, an independent Western
Australian Senate candidate in 2001. Hetterscheid's vote was the
smallest proportion of the vote ever polled by any candidate for
either House in a federal election (it represented just over one
millionth, or 0.00011%, of the primary vote).
Largest vote (House)
The largest vote ever polled by a House of Representatives
candidate was 61,455, polled by Eric Robinson, the Liberal
candidate in McPherson (Qld) in 1975.
Smallest vote (House)
The smallest vote ever polled by a House of Representatives
candidate was 5, polled by Frederick Thompson, an independent
candidate in Northern Territory in 1922.
Highest proportion of vote (Senate)
The highest proportion of the vote ever polled by a Senate
candidate was 56.1%, polled by Senator Neville Bonner, the number
one candidate on the Liberal-NCP ticket in Queensland in 1975.
(This refers only to elections since 1919, since the Senate voting
system before that date is not comparable.)
Highest proportion of vote (House)
The highest proportion of the vote ever polled by a House of
Representatives candidate was 94.0%, polled by Albert Thompson, the
ALP candidate in Port Adelaide (SA) in 1954. He was opposed only by
a Communist.
The highest proportion of the vote ever polled in a contest for a
House of Representatives Division between two major party
candidates was 86.5%, polled by John Beasley, the ALP member for
West Sydney (NSW) in 1929.
Majorities
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Closest result (House)
In terms of numbers of votes, the closest result in a House of
Representatives contest was 1 vote (13,569 to 13,568), when Edwin
Kirby (Nationalist) defeated Charles McGrath (ALP) in Ballarat
(Vic) in 1919. The result was declared void in 1920.
In 1903 Robert Blackwood (FT) defeated John Chanter (Prot) in
Riverina (NSW) by 5 votes (4,341 to 4,336). This result was also
declared void.
The closest result allowed to stand was 7 votes (13,162 to 13,155),
when John Lynch (ALP), defeated Hon Alfred Conroy (Lib) in Werriwa
(NSW) in 1914.
In terms of percentages of the vote, the closest result was Kirby's
voided win in Ballarat in 1919: he polled 50.002% of the vote. The
closest result allowed to stand was that in the Griffith (Qld) by-
election of 1939, when William Conelan (ALP) defeated Peter McCowan
(UAP), after preferences, with 50.007% of the vote.
The closest winning margin in recent times has been 50.011%, polled
by Ian Viner (Liberal) in Stirling (WA) in 1974 and by Christine
Gallus (Liberal) in Hawker (SA) in 1990.
Largest two-party majorities (House)
The largest two-candidate majority in a House of Represenantives
contest was 44.0% (that is, 94.0% of the vote after preferences),
polled by Albert Thompson, the ALP candidate in Port Adelaide (SA)
in 1954. He was opposed only by a Communist.
The largest two-party majority in a House of Represenantives contest
was 35.8% (that is, 85.8% of the vote after preferences), polled by
Hon Josiah Thomas (ALP) in Barrier (NSW) in 1910.
The largest two-party majority for a non-ALP candidate was 33.4%,
polled by Henry Turner (Lib) in Bradfield (NSW) in 1966.
Largest two-party swings (House)
The largest two-party swing at a House of Representatives election
was 30.2%, achieved by Hon William Archibald (Nat) in Hindmarsh
(SA) in 1917.
Other swings of more than 25% have been achived by: John Price
(UAP) in Boothby (SA) in 1931 (29.6%); Samuel Dennis (UAP), in
Batman (Vic) in 1931 (26.6%); John Ivey (UAP) in Bourke (Vic) in
1931 (26.3%) (this was the largest swing achieved by a candidate
who nevertheless failed to win the seat); Reginald Burchell (Nat)
in Fremantle (WA) in 1917 (25.2%); and Hon Joseph Lyons (UAP) in
Wilmot (Tas) in 1931 (25.0%).
These were all swings against the ALP. Archibald, Price, Burchell
and Lyons were all contesting seats they had originally won as ALP
members. The largest two-party swing towards an ALP candidate was
20.5%, achieved by Thomas Burke in Perth (WA) in 1943.
The largest two-party swing in the postwar years has been 18.8%,
achieved by Al Grassby (ALP) in Riverina (NSW) in 1969. The largest
swing against the ALP in the postwar years has been 18.1%, achieved
by Kevin Newman (Lib) in Bass (Tas) in 1975.
Service of Members
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Longest period of service (House)
Rt Hon Billy Hughes served from 29 March 1901 to 28 October 1952, a
period of 51 years and 7 months. He held four different seats (see
below) and represented six different parties.
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page represented Cowper (NSW) from 13 December
1919 to 9 December 1961, a period just short of 42 years. This is
the longest period of representation of one seat and the second-
longest period of service overall.
Longest period of service (Senate)
Senator Rt Hon Sir George Pearce served as a Senator for WA from 29
March 1901 to 30 June 1938, a period of 37 years and 3 months.
Long-serving Members and Senators
The following members and Senators have served more than 30 years
in Parliament (years and months of service are indicated as 00/0):
(Current at May 2004)
01. Rt Hon Billy Hughes: House 1901-52 (51/7)
02. Rt Hon Sir Earle Page: House 1919-61 (42/0)
03. Rt Hon Sir George Pearce: Senate 1901-38 (37/3)
04. Hon Sir Walter Cooper: Senate 1928-32, 1935-68 (36/6)
=05. Rt Hon John McEwen: House 1934-71 (36/5)
=05. Dr William Maloney: House 1904-40 (36/5)
=07. Hon Norman Makin: House 1919-46, 1954-63 (36/1)
=07. Hon Frank Brennan: House 1911-31, 1934-49 (36/1)
09. Joseph Clark: House 1934-69 (35/1)
10. Rt Hon Ian Sinclair: House 1963-98 (34/10)
=11. Hon David Watkins: House 1901-35 (34/0)
=11. Hon Justin O'Byrne: Senate 1947-81 (34/0)
13. Hon Sir Littleton Groom: House 1901-29, 1931-36 (33/1)
14. Hon Gordon Brown: Senate 1932-65 (33/0)
15. Hon Sir Josiah Francis: House 1922-55 (32/11)
16. Rt Hon Harold Holt: House 1935-67 (32/4)
=17. Hon Kim Beazley: House 1945-77 (32/3)
=17. Hon Fred Daly: House 1943-75 (32/3)
=17. Hon Eddie Ward: House 1931, 1932-63 (32/3)
=20. Rt Hon Arthur Calwell: House 1940-72 (32/1)
=20. Rt Hon Sir William McMahon: House 1949-82 (32/1)
22. Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies: House 1934-66 (31/5)
23. Hon Patrick Lynch: Senate 1907-38 (31/4)
=24. Rt Hon James Scullin: House 1910-13, 1922-49 (30/10)
=24. Hon Clyde Cameron: House 1949-80 (30/10)
26. Hon Philip Ruddock: House since 1973 (30/8)
27. Hon Tom Uren: House 1958-90 (30/3)
28. Hon Hubert Lazzarini: House 1919-31, 1934-52 (30/1)
=29. Hon Alan Cadman: House since 1974 (30/0)
=29. Hon Thomas Crawford: Senate 1917-47 (30/0)
=29. Hon Hattil Foll: Senate 1917-47 (30/0)
=29. Hon John Howard: House since 1974 (30/0)
Shortest period of service (House)
Charles Howroyd served as member for Darwin (Tas) from 5 to 10 May
1917 (he died shortly after the 1917 election).
Shortest period of service (Senate)
Lionel Courtenay served as a Senator for NSW from 1 to 11 July 1935
(he died shortly after taking his seat).
Longest service as a backbencher
Dr William Maloney was ALP member for Melbourne (Vic) from 30 March
1904 to 27 August 1940, a period of 36 years and 5 months, without
ever holding office.
Oldest members at election
Rt Hon Sir Edward Braddon was 71 years and 9 months old when he was
elected to the House of Representatives for Tasmania in 1901.
George Rankin was 82 years and 9 months old when he was elected to
the Senate for Victoria in 1949. (He had previously been a member
of the House of Representatives 1937-49).
Oldest members at departure
Rt Hon Billy Hughes was 90 years and 1 month old when he died in
1952.
George Rankin was 89 years and 1 month old when he retired from the
Senate in 1956.
Youngest members
Edwin Corboy was 21 years and 2 months old when he won the Swan
(WA) by-election in 1918.
Bill O'Chee was 24 years and 11 months old when he was appointed to
the Senate for Queensland in 1990.
Member holding four seats
Rt Hon Billy Hughes: West Sydney (NSW) 1901-17, Bendigo (Vic) 1917-
22, North Sydney (NSW) 1922-49, Bradfield (NSW) 1949-52.
Members holding three seats
Ken Aldred: Henty (Vic) 1975-80, Bruce (Vic) 1983-90, Deakin (Vic)
1990-96
Don Cameron: Griffith (Qld) 1966-77, Fadden (Qld) 1977-83, Moreton
(Qld) 1983-90
Hon Jim Cope: Cook (NSW) 1955, Watson (NSW) 1955-69, Sydney (NSW)
1969-75
Noel Hicks: Riverina (NSW) 1984, Riverina-Darling (NSW) 1984-93,
Riverina (NSW) 1993-98
Rt Hon Sir John McEwen: Echuca (Vic) 1934-37, Indi (Vic) 1937-49,
Murray (Vic) 1949-71
Hon Norman Makin: Hindmarsh (SA) 1919-46, Sturt (SA) 1954-55,
Bonython (SA) 1955-63
William O'Connor: West Sydney (NSW) 1946-49, Martin (NSW) 1949-55,
Dalley (NSW) 1955-69
Hon Philip Ruddock: Parramatta (NSW) 1973-77, Dundas (NSW) 1977-93,
Berowra (NSW) from 1993.
Members holding seats in more than one state/territory
Rt Hon Billy Hughes: West Sydney (NSW) 1901-17, Bendigo (Vic) 1917-
22, North Sydney (NSW) 1922-49, Bradfield (NSW) 1949-52.
Hon Nelson Lemmon: Forrest (WA) 1943-49, St George (NSW) 1954-55.
Hon Parker Moloney: Indi (Vic) 1910-13, 1914-17, Hume (NSW) 1919-
31.
Dr Lewis Nott: Herbert (Qld) 1925-28, Australian Capital Territory
1949-51.
Hon William Spence: Darling (NSW) 1901-17, Darwin (Tas) 1917-19.
Candidacies
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Successful candidacies
Rt Hon Billy Hughes was elected to the House of Representatives 20
times in succession, for four different seats. Rt Hon Sir Earle
Page was elected 16 times in succession for the same seat (Cowper
NSW), being defeated in his 17th candidacy.
Unsuccessful candidacies
Marcus Aussie-Stone stood 15 times for the House and once for the
Senate between 1972 and 1996, contesting 13 different House seats.
Ralph Gibson contested the House and Senate 15 times for the
Communist Party between 1933 and 1967. Joseph Cordner stood 11
times in succession between 1949 and 1972 for the same seat (Lyne
NSW).
Women
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First women candidates
Selina Anderson (Ind) contested Dalley (NSW) in 1903. Mary Bentley
(Ind, NSW) and Vida Goldstein (Ind, Vic) contested the Senate in
1903.
First major party women candidates
Henrietta Greville (Wentworth, NSW) and Eva Seery (Robertson, NSW)
were the first women endorsed as ALP candidates, in 1917. Neither
seat was winnable. Jessie Street was the ALP candidate in Wentworth
in 1943 and 1946. At these elections this was a winnable seat.
Florence Cardell-Oliver was the UAP candidate in Fremantle (WA) in
1934. This was a winnable seat.
Dorothy Tangney was an ALP Senate candidate in Western Australia in
1940.
The non-Labor parties did not endorse a woman for a Senate seat
before 1946 (see next).
First women members
Dame Enid Lyons won Darwin (Tas) for the UAP in 1943, and served as
a Liberal from 1945. She was also the first woman minister (1949-
51).
Dorothy Tangney was elected to the Senate for the ALP from Western
Australia in 1943.
Doris Blackburn won Bourke (Vic) as an Independent Labor candidate
in 1946.
Annabelle Rankin (Qld) was the first Liberal woman Senator, elected
in 1946.
Kay Brownbill (Lib, Kingston SA) was the first woman elected to the
House of Representatives (in 1966) without having been preceded by
her husband.
Joan Child (Henty, Vic) was the first ALP woman member of the House
of Representatives, elected in 1974.
There has been at least one woman in the Senate continuously since
1943. The last election which returned no women to the House of
Representatives was in 1977.
See separate file for a list of all women Members and Senators.
Enrolment
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Enrolment (House of Representatives)
The lowest enrolment for a House of Representatives Division was
1,376 in Northern Territory in 1922 (the member for Northern
Territory did not have full voting rights until 1966).
The lowest enrolment for a House of Representatives Division whose
member had full voting rights was 8,728 in Maranoa (Qld) in 1901.
The highest enrolment for a House of Representatives Division was
119,445 in Bruce (Vic) in 1966.
Ministerial service
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Overall service
Senator Rt Hon Sir George Pearce (ALP/Nat/UAP, WA) was a minister
from 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909, from 29 April 1910 to 24 June
1913, from 17 September 1914 to 22 October 1929 and from 6 January
1932 to 29 November 1937, a total of 24 years and 7 months.
Rt Hon John McEwen (CP, Echuca/Indi/Murray Vic) was a minister from
29 November 1937 to 26 April 1939, from 14 March 1940 to 7 October
1941 and from 19 December 1949 to 5 February 1971, a total of 24
years and 1 month.
Continuous service
Rt Hon William McMahon (Lib, Lowe NSW) held ministerial office from
11 May 1951 to 5 December 1972, an unbroken tenure of 21 years and
6 months.
The longest serving ALP ministers were Hon Kim Beazley (Swan WA),
Senator Hon Gareth Evans (Vic), Hon Brian Howe (Batman Vic) and Hon
Ralph Willis (Gellibrand Vic), who all held office from 11 March
1983 to 11 March 1996, a period of exactly 13 years.
Prime Ministerial service
Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies (UAP/Lib, Kooyong Vic) was Prime Minister
from 26 April 1939 to 29 August 1941 and from 19 December 1949 to
26 January 1966, a total of 18 years and 5 months. His second Prime
Ministership (16 years and 1 month) is the longest continuous
period of Prime Ministerial service and on its own would still make
Menzies the longest-serving Prime Minister.
The longest-serving ALP Prime Minister, and second-longest-serving
overall, was Hon Bob Hawke (ALP, Wills Vic), who served from 11
March 1983 to 20 December 1991, a period of 8 years and 9 months.
The shortest-serving Prime Minister was Rt Hon Frank Forde (ALP,
Capricornia Qld), who served for one week, from 6 to 13 July 1945.
The oldest Prime Minister at assumption of office was Rt Hon Sir
John McEwen (CP, Echuca/Indi/Murray Vic), who was 67 years and 9
months old when he assumed office in 1967.
The oldest Prime Minister on leaving office was Menzies, who was 71
years and 1 month old when he retired in 1966.
The youngest Prime Minister was Hon Chris Watson (Lab/ALP,
Bland/South Sydney NSW), who was 35 years and 11 months old when he
assumed office in 1904.
The only serving Prime Minister to lose his seat was Rt Hon Stanley
Bruce (Nat/UAP, Flinders Vic), who was defeated in 1929. Rt Hon
Frank Forde, a former Prime Minister, lost his seat in 1946, and Rt
Hon Sir Earle Page, a former Prime Minister, lost his seat in 1961.
James Scullin, a future Prime Minister, lost his seat in 1913, and
John Curtin and Hon Ben Chifley, future Prime Ministers, both lost
their seats in 1931.
Rt Hon John McEwen had the longest wait to become Prime Minister:
he was elected in September 1934 and became Prime Minister in
December 1967, a period of 33 years and three months. Of the non-
caretaker Prime Ministers, Rt Hon Harold Holt had the longest wait:
he was elected in August 1935 and become Prime Minister in January
1966, a period of 30 years and five months.
Only three Prime Ministers have retired at a time of their own
choosing: Rt Hon Edmund Barton (1903), Rt Hon Andrew Fisher (1915)
and Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies (1966).
Of the others (bearing in mind that Deakin and Fisher were each
Prime Minister three times and Menzies was Prime Minister twice):
Nine have been defeated at general elections: Hon Alfred Deakin
(1910), Rt Hon Andrew Fisher (1913), Rt Hon Joseph Cook (1914), Rt
Hon Stanley Bruce (1929), Rt Hon James Scullin (1931), Rt Hon Ben
Chifley (1949), Rt Hon William McMahon (1972), Rt Hon Malcolm
Fraser (1983) and Hon Paul Keating (1996).
Five have resigned after being defeated in the House: Hon Alfred
Deakin (1904), Hon Chris Watson (1904), Rt Hon George Reid (1905),
Hon Alfred Deakin (1908), Hon Andrew Fisher (1909) and Rt Hon
Arthur Fadden (1941).
Four have been deposed by their own parties: Rt Hon Billy Hughes
(1923), Rt Hon Robert Menzies (1941), Rt Hon John Gorton (1971) and
Hon Bob Hawke (1991).
Three have died in office: Rt Hon Joseph Lyons (1939), Rt Hon John
Curtin (1945) and Rt Hon Harold Holt (1967).
Three have been caretakers: Rt Hon Sir Earle Page (1939), Rt Hon
Frank Forde (1945) and Rt Hon John McEwen (1967-68).
One has been dismissed by the Governor-General: Hon Gough Whitlam
(1975).
Tenure of divisions
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Most and fewest members
Bendigo (Vic) has had 15 members since 1901, and Denison (Tas) has
had 15 members since 1903. Newcastle (NSW) has had only five
members since 1901.
Longest held
The ALP has held Newcastle (NSW) continuously since the first
federal elections of 1901. Newcastle is the only seat to have been
held by one party since 1901. The ALP has held Melbourne (Vic)
since 1904, Melbourne Ports (Vic) since 1906 and Hunter (NSW) since
1910.
The Country Party and its successors the NCP and the NPA have held
Gippsland (Vic) continuously since 1922, the first election
contested by the CP as a united party.
The Liberal Party has held Balaclava/Goldstein (Vic), Barker (SA),
Corangamite (Vic), Kooyong (Vic), Wakefield (SA), Warringah (NSW)
and Wentworth (NSW) continuously since 1946, the first election it
contested under that name.
If Balaclava/Goldstein is taken as one seat, it is the only seat to
have been held by the successive major non-Labor parties
continuously since 1901. It has been held by Protectionist (1901-
09), Liberal (1909-17), Nationalist (1917-31), UAP (1931-45) and
Liberal (since 1945) members without a break.
The following divisions have existed continuously since 1901 (or
1903 in South Australia) without ever electing an ALP member:
Balaclava/Goldstein (Vic), Barker (SA), Darling Downs/Groom (Qld),
Gippsland (Vic), Kooyong (Vic), North Sydney (NSW) and Wentworth
(NSW).
Party leaders
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Two divisions have been held by three party leaders. Hunter (NSW)
was held by Rt Hon Sir Edmund Barton (Prot Leader 1901-03), Matthew
Charlton (ALP Leader 1922-28), and Rt Hon Dr Herbert Evatt (ALP
Leader 1951-60). Kooyong (Vic) was held by Rt Hon Sir John Latham
(Nat Leader 1929-31), Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies (UAP Leader 1939-41
and 1943-45 and Liberal Leader 1945-66), and Hon Andrew Peacock
(Liberal Leader 1983-85 and 1989-90).
By-elections
East Sydney (NSW), Flinders (Vic), Gwydir (NSW), Parramatta (NSW)
and Werriwa (NSW) have each had four by-elections.
The following divisions have existed since 1901 (1903 in South
Australia) but have never had a by-election: Brisbane (Qld), Cowper
(NSW), Gippsland (Vic), Herbert (Qld), Hindmarsh (SA), Hume (NSW),
Indi (Vic), Melbourne Ports (Vic), New England (NSW) and Perth
(WA).
Relatives in Parliament 1901-96
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Father and son
Adermann, Rt Hon Sir Charles (1896-1979), HR Maranoa Qld 1943-49,
Fisher Qld 1949-72. CP
Adermann, Hon Evan (born 1927), HR Fisher Qld 1972-84, Fairfax Qld
1984-90. CP 1972-75, NCP 1975-83, NPA 1983-90
Anthony, Hon Larry (1897-1957), HR Richmond NSW 1937-57. CP
Anthony, Rt Hon Douglas (born 1929), HR Richmond NSW 1957-84. CP
1972-75, NCP 1975-83, NPA 1983-84
Anthony, Hon Larry (born 1961), HR Richmond NSW from 1996. NPA
The Anthonys are the only three-generation dynasty in the House of
Representatives (see also Downer).
Baker, Francis Patrick (1873-1959), HR Maranoa Qld 1940-43. ALP
Baker, Francis Matthew John (1903-39), HR Oxley Qld 1931-34,
Griffith Qld 1934-39. ALP
The Bakers are the only father and son pair in which the son served
in the House before the father.
Beale, Hon Sir Howard (1898-1983), HR Parramatta NSW 1946-58. Lib
Beale, Julian (born 1934), HR Deakin Vic 1984-90, Bruce Vic 1990-
96. Lib
Beazley, Hon Kim Edward (born 1917), HR Fremantle WA 1945-77. ALP
Beazley, Hon Kim Christian (born 1948), HR Swan WA 1980-96, Brand
WA from 1996. ALP
Chaney, Hon Sir Frederick (born 1914), HR Perth WA 1955-69. Lib
Chaney, Hon Fred (born 1941), Senator WA 1974-90, HR Pearce WA
1990-93. Lib
Corser, Edward (1852-1928), HR Wide Bay Qld 1915-28. Lib 1915-17,
Nat 1917-28
Corser, Bernard (1882-1967), HR Wide Bay Qld 1928-54. CP
Crean, Hon Frank (born 1916), HR Melbourne Ports Vic 1951-77. ALP
Crean, Hon Simon (born 1949), HR Hotham Vic from 1990. ALP
Downer, Hon Sir John (1844-1915), Senator SA 1901-03. Prot
Downer, Hon Sir Alexander (1910-81), HR Angas SA 1949-64. Lib
Downer, Hon Alexander (born 1951), HR Mayo SA from 1984. Lib
The Downers are the first three-generation dynasty in the
Parliament, though in different houses (see Anthony)
Fitzgibbon, Eric (born 1936), HR Hunter NSW 1984-96. ALP
Fitzgibbon, Joel (born 1962), HR Hunter NSW from 1996. ALP
Groom, Hon William (1833-1901), HR Darling Downs Qld 1901. Prot
Groom, Hon Sir Littleton (1867-1936), HR Darling Downs Qld 1901-29,
1931-36. Prot 1901-09, Lib 1909-17, Nat 1917-29, Ind 1929, 1931-33,
UAP 1933-36.
Gullett, Hon Sir Henry (1878-1940), HR Henty Vic 1925-40. Nat 1925-
31, UAP 1931-40
Gullett, Henry (born 1914), HR Henty Vic 1946-55. Lib
Guy, James (1861-1921), Senator Tas 1914-20. ALP
Guy, Hon Allan (1890-1979), HR Bass Tas 1929-34, Wilmot Tas 1940-
46, Senator Tas 1950-56. ALP 1929-31, UAP 1931-34, 1940-45, Lib
1945-46, 1950-55.
Howse, Hon Sir Neville (1863-1930), HR Calare NSW 1922-29. Nat
Howse, John (born 1913), HR Calare NSW 1946-60. Lib
James, Rowland (1885-1962), HR Hunter NSW 1928-58. ALP 1928-31,
ALP(NSW) 1931-37, ALP 1937-58
James, Albert (born 1914), HR Hunter NSW 1960-80. ALP
Jenkins, Hon Dr Harry (born 1925), HR Scullin Vic 1969-85. ALP
Jenkins, Harry (born 1952), HR Scullin Vic from 1986. ALP
Katter, Hon Robert Cummin (1918-90), HR Kennedy Qld 1966-90. CP
1966-75, NCP 1975-83, NPA 1983-90
Katter, Hon Robert Carl (born 1945), HR Kennedy Qld from 1993.
NPA/Ind
McClelland, Hon Douglas (born 1926), Senator NSW 1962-87. ALP
McClelland, Robert (born 1958), HR Barton NSW from 1996. ALP
McLeay, Hon Sir John (1893-1982), HR Boothby SA 1949-66. Lib
McLeay, Hon John (born 1922), HR Boothby SA 1966-81. Lib
Nelson, Harold (1881-1947), HR Northern Territory 1922-34. ALP
Nelson, John (1908-91), HR Northern Territory 1949-66. ALP
Riley, Edward (1859-1943), HR South Sydney NSW 1910-31. ALP
Riley, Edward Charles (1892-1969), HR Cook NSW 1922-34. ALP
Sherry, Raymond (1924-89), HR Franklin Tas 1969-75. ALP
Sherry, Hon Nicholas (born 1955), Senator Tas from 1990. ALP
Spender, Hon Sir Percy (1897-1985), HR Warringah NSW 1937-51. Ind
1937-38, UAP 1938-45, Lib 1945-51
Spender, John (born 1935), HR North Sydney NSW 1980-90. Lib
Street, Hon Geoffrey (1894-1940), HR Corangamite Vic 1934-40. UAP
Street, Hon Anthony (born 1926), HR Corangamite Vic 1966-84. Lib
Vardon, Joseph (1843-1913), Senator SA 1907, 1908-13. AS 1907,
1908-09, Lib 1909-13
Vardon, Edward (1869-1937), Senator SA 1921-22. Nat
Watkins, Hon David (1865-1935), HR Newcastle NSW 1901-35. Lab, ALP
Watkins, David Oliver (1896-1971), HR Newcastle NSW 1935-58. ALP
Whitlam, Hon Gough (born 1916), HR Werriwa NSW 1952-78. ALP
Whitlam, Antony (born 1944), HR Grayndler NSW 1975-77. ALP
Wilson, Sir Keith (1900-87), Senator SA 1938-44. HR Sturt SA 1949-
54, 1955-66. UAP 1938-44, Lib 1949-54, 1955-66
Wilson, Hon Ian (born 1932), HR Sturt SA 1966-69, 1972-96. Lib
Father and daughter
Brown, Hon Bob (born 1933), HR Hunter NSW 1980-84, Charlton NSW 1984-98. ALP
Hoare, Kelly (born 1963), HR Charlton NSW from 1998. ALP
Harrison, Rt Hon Sir Eric (1892-1974), HR Wentworth NSW 1931-56.
UAP 1931-45, Lib 1945-56
Walters, Shirley (born 1925), Senator Tas 1975-93. Lib
Brothers
Brennan, Hon Thomas (1869-1944), Senator Vic 1931-38. UAP
Brennan, Hon Frank (1873-1950), HR Batman Vic 1911-31, 1934-49. ALP
Cameron, Hon Clyde (born 1913), HR Hindmarsh SA 1949-80. ALP
Cameron, Donald (born 1914), Senator SA 1969-78. ALP
Cameron, Hon Donald (1851-1931), HR Tasmania 1901-03, Wilmot Tas
1904-06, FT, AS
Cameron, Hon Cyril (1857-1941), Senator Tas 1901-03, 1907-13. Prot,
Lib
Ewing, Hon Sir Thomas (1856-1920), HR Richmond NSW 1901-10. Prot,
Lib
Ewing, Norman (1870-1928), Senator WA 1901-03. FT
Ferguson, Laurie (born 1952), HR Reid NSW from 1990. ALP
Ferguson, Martin (born 1953), HR Batman Vic from 1996. ALP
Fraser, Allan (1902-77), HR Eden-Monaro NSW 1943-66, 1969-72. ALP
Fraser, James (1908-70), HR Australian Capital Territory 1951-70.
ALP
Kemp, Hon Dr David (born 1941), HR Goldstein Vic from 1990. Lib
Kemp, Hon Rod (born 1944), Senator Vic from 1990. Lib
McGauran, Hon Peter (born 1955), HR Gippsland Vic from 1983. NPA
McGauran, Julian (born 1957), Senator Vic 1987-90, from 1993. NPA
McLeay, Hon Sir John (1893-1982), HR Boothby SA 1949-66. Lib
McLeay, Hon George (1894-1955), Senator SA 1935-47, 1950-55. UAP
1935-45, Lib 1945-47, 1950-55.
Morris, Hon Peter (born 1932), HR Shortland NSW 1972-98. ALP
Morris, Allan (born 1940), HR Newcastle NSW 1983-2001. ALP
Spooner, Hon Eric (1891-19520, HR Robertson NSW 1940-43. UAP
Spooner, Hon Sir William (1897-1966), Senator NSW 1950-65. Lib
Husband and wife
Blackburn, Maurice (1880-1944), HR Bourke Vic 1934-43. ALP 1934-41,
Ind 1941-43
Blackburn, Doris (1889-1970), HR Bourke Vic 1946-49. Ind Lab
Lyons, Rt Hon Joseph (1879-1939), HR Wilmot Tas 1929-39. ALP 1929-
31, UAP 1931-39
Lyons, Hon Dame Enid (1897-1981), HR Darwin Tas 1943-51. UAP 1943-
45, Lib 1945-51
Newman, Hon Kevin (1933-99), HR Bass Tas 1975-84. Lib
Newman, Hon Jocelyn (born 1937), Senator Tas 1986-2002. Lib